Prolific American character actor of primarily villainous roles. The son of German parents, Cincinnati feed-store manager August Wilke and his wife Rose, Robert Joseph Wilke grew up in Cincinnati. He worked as a lifeguard at a Miami, Florida, hotel, where he made contacts in the film business. He was able to obtain work as a stuntman and continued as such until the mid-'40s, when he began getting actual roles in low-budget westerns and serials. A...
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
As First Mate of the Nautilus
High Noon
As Jim Pierce
Spartacus
As Guard captain
Flaming Fury
Night Passage
As Concho
Tony Rome
As Ralph Turpin
The Las Vegas Story
As Clayton (as Robert Wilke)
Hitchhike to Happiness
As Stage Hand (uncredited)
The Magnificent Stranger
As Sheriff McVey
Man of the West
As Ponch
Arrowhead
As Sgt. Stone
Backlash
As Jeff Welker
The Tarnished Angels
As Hank
Cowboy and the Senorita
As Townsman (uncredited)
The Far Country
As Madden
Written on the Wind
As Dan Willis
The Ghost Goes Wild
As Burglar
A Gunfight
As Marshal Tom Cater
The Rookies
As Officer Shaw
The Inner Circle
As Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)
Bandits of the Badlands
As Keller
Santee
As Deaks (as Robert Wilke
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
As The Sheriff
Gun the Man Down
As Matt Rankin
Hot Summer Night
As Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)
Fate Is the Hunter
As Stillman
The Lone Ranger
As Cassidy
The Fighting Devil Dogs
As Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)
The Gun Hawk
As Johnny Flanders
Homicide for Three
As Policeman
War Paint
As Trooper Grady
Best of the Badmen
As Jim Younger
San Quentin
As Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)
Canyon River
As Joe Graycoe
San Antonio Kid
As Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Cattle Town
As Keeno
Return to Warbow
As Red
Hellgate
As Sgt. Maj. Kearn
Never Steal Anything Small
As Lennie
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
As Hugh Fielding
The Slowest Gun in the West
As Billy the Kid Blake
Code of the Prairie
Hidden Valley Outlaws
As Rancher (uncredited)
Daredevils of the Clouds
As Joe
Overland Telegraph
As Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)
Cow Country
As Sledge
From Here to Eternity
As Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)
Smoke Signal
As First Sergeant Daly (as Robert Wilke)
Smoky
As Jeff Nicks
Daredevils of the Red Circle
As G-Man
That Man's Here Again
As (uncredited)
Star Reporter
As Reporter
Vigilantes of Dodge City
As Bill
Corpus Christi Bandits
As Henchman Steve
Sheriff of Cimarron
As Henchman Dobie
Road Agent
As Slab Babcock
Frontier Outpost
As Krag Benson
They Call It Murder
As Sheriff Rex Brandon
The Magnificent Seven
As Wallace
Two Guns and a Badge
As Moore - Outlaw
Santa Fe Saddlemates
As Rawhide
Sierra Sue
As Carnival Spectator (uncredited)
The Desperate Mission
As Gant
The Long Rope
As Ben Matthews
Days of Heaven
As The Farm Foreman
Saddle Legion
As Henchman Hooker
Adventures of Red Ryder
As Henchman
Bordertown Trail
As Henchman
Call of the Rockies
As Deputy Jim
Hot Lead
As Stoney Dawson (as Robert Wilke)
Gunplay
As Henchman Winslow
Pistol Harvest
As Andy Baylor
Cyclone Fury
As Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)
The Cheyenne Social Club
As Corey Bannister
In Old Missouri
As Hillbilly
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
As Cutter Helmsman
Strange Lady in Town
As Karg
Wyoming Roundup
As Wyatt - Henchman
In Old Monterey
As Man on Wagon
Grand Ole Opry
As Hillbilly (uncredited)
Web of Danger
As Station Wagon Driver
Blackmail
As Policeman
Twilight on the Rio Grande
As Henchman
The Catman of Paris
As The Catman (uncredited)
Traffic in Crime
As Hogan's Driver
Passkey to Danger
As Police Sergeant
Earl Carroll Vanities
As Cab Driver
Faces in the Fog
As Photographer
The Fighting Seabees
As Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
The Wyoming Bandit
As Sam - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Coyote Canyon
As Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)
Across the Badlands
As Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)
Outcasts of Black Mesa
As Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
The Desert Hawk
As Camel Driver
Fargo
As Link - Henchman
The Maverick
As Massey
The Hallelujah Trail
As Chief Five Barrels
Law of the Canyon
As Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)
Sheriff of Sundown
As Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
As Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Sunset in El Dorado
As Curley Roberts
Trail of Kit Carson
As Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)
Carson City Raiders
As Ed Noble (as Bob Wilke)
The Rawhide Years
As Neal (as Robert Wilke)
The Lone Gun
As Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)
Wichita
As Ben Thompson
Shotgun
As Bentley (as Robert Wilke)
Raw Edge
As Sile Doty
S.O.S Tidal Wave
As Man in TV Studio
Rendezvous with Annie
As MP (uncredited)
Whispering Footsteps
As Bank Customer
The Sweet Creek County War
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
As Self (archive footage)
Badman's Territory
As Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
As GI Buddy (uncredited)
White Tie and Tails
As Starter (uncredited)
Shock Treatment
As Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)
Laramie
As Cronin (uncredited)
Stripes
As Gen. Barnicke
Wild and Wooly
As Demas Scott
Cheyenne
As Bob Manson
Bourbon Street Beat
Kung Fu
Gunsmoke
As Hickock
Perry Mason
As Deputy Sheriff Connors
Dallas
As Tom Owens
Lassie
Zorro
Run, Joe, Run
The Tall Man
The Monroes
The Greatest Show on Earth
Sam Benedict
Target: The Corruptors!
Outlaws
The Beachcomber
As Bill Winters
Rawhide
As Sheriff McVey
Have Gun, Will Travel
Cimarron Strip
Daniel Boone
As Toff
The Outcasts
The Fugitive
As Johnny
The Virginian
As Conrad
Lancer
Peter Gunn
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
As Red Fischer
The Thin Man
Adventures of Superman
As Bingham
Adventures in Paradise
As Riker
Bronco
Tarzan
As Spooner
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Wanted: Dead or Alive
As Virgil
The Rifleman
The Dakotas
Lawman
Bat Masterson
As Bull Kirby
Laramie
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Law of the Plainsman
As Amos Cameron
Riverboat
As Bolesy
The Texan
Wichita Town
Cavalcade of America
Rango
The Legend of Jesse James
As Marshal Sam Corbett
The Walter Winchell File
The Third Man
Maverick
As McCabe
The Gene Autry Show
As Henchman Cody
The Wonderful World of Disney
As Jed - Outlaw
Stagecoach West
As Taylor Norman
The Lone Ranger
As Henchman (uncredited)
Bonanza
As Charlie Sheppard
The Lucy Show
As Tom Carter
Four Star Playhouse
As George
77 Sunset Strip
As Vern Reece
Wagon Train
As Sgt. Wick
The Deputy
As Ace Gentry
Tombstone Territory
As Burt Foster
The Westerner
As Murdo
The Abbott and Costello Show
As Mike Brodie
The Untouchables
As George 'Bugs' Moran
The Cisco Kid
As Henchman Vic
How the West Was Won
As Appleton
Starsky & Hutch
As Mac Johnson